High chair for children.



E. P. VAUGHN.

HIGH CHAIR FOR CHILDREN.

APPLICATION man MAR. 25, x914.

1,136,300 Patented Apr, 20, 1915.

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invention is to provide 'iigii chairs each of which shall embody a swingingly movable tray-holder within which may be disposed a removable sinrtarytray, preferably made ha veof sheet metal. as aluminum, whereon may be placed dishes of food accessible to the occupant oi? such chair, such tray-holder to be adapted to be swingingly raised upwardly and backwardly over the back of such chair when its occu 32in" is to he removed therefrom, and further adapted to permit the removal of the tray to clean it as may be required. I accomplish this ob ject by devices illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a view in sideelevation of a childs high chair embodying" my invention; Fig. 2 is a View in cross-section of trayholder; Fig. 3 is an enlarged v ew in persoectivc of such trayholder; 4 is an enlarged fragmentary view detail of my invention, and Fig. is a view in crosssection of a modified forrr. f my invention. The table of the ordiin I ii d s projecting outer e stuntiallly at right such table, thus 1 which it very diiiic Foods ii at niav ci further being 15 I 'hat tends to absorb (i chair which is; 5,. with a tray-holds ing secured at each S) that are. pivot: hack iii the specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 20, 1915.

r421 25, 1914. Serial 170. 827,155.

chair where it may be allowed to hang when not in use.

The tray-holder 8 is provided with upwardly projecting edge" strips 11, 12, 13 and 14 thus to form a shallow receptacle, each of such edge strips 11, 12, 13 and 14 being provided on its inside surface near its top edge with a groove 15 in which the edge 16 of a tray 17 is adapted to rest, as illustrated in Figs. 2 and 4.

In order that the tray 17 easily may be removed from the tray holder 8 I have articulated the end strip 14 by hinges l8 and 19 in such manner that such end strip 14 may swing downwardly into the position shown in Fig. 2, to permit the tray 17 to be drawn outwardly, the edges 16, 16 of the tray 17 sliding in the grooves 15, 15 in the edge strips 11 and 13 and the end strip 14 being automatically raised to its upright position by the pressure of a spring 20 as soon as the tray 17 is withdrawn.

'When the tray is to be inserted the end strip 14 may be grasped by the hand and turned downwardly into the position shown in Fig. 2, whereupon the edges 16, 16 of the t-ay 17 may be inserted in the grooves 15, 15 and the tray 17 moved inwardly into position, the end of the tray 17 adjacent the hinged end strip 14 being of sufficient length when in this position to adapt it to project pressure on the tray 17 tending to move said tray 17 toward the end strip 14 will cause the edge of said tray 17 to be cramped in the groove 15 of the end strip 14, thus forming a lock to prevent the tray 17 from being removed from the tray-holder 8 unless the end strip 14 is first swung outwardly until the groove 15 of such strip 14 is free from the edge 16 of the tray 17, the spring 20 being suiiiciently strong to hold the end strip 14 in an upright position when a pressure is exerted to turn said end strip 14 down.

The tray 17 is preferablyl constructed of metal, as aluminum, tin and@ the like, and is formed of a shape that ada'pts it easily to be cleaned and such tray 17 is adapted to fit snugly in the grooves 15, 15 whereby no food or dirt may be allowed to lodge in'said grooves 15, 15 or come in contact with the tray-holder 8 when the tray 17 is in place.

In Fig? 5 I have shown a modified form of my invention wherein a tray-holder 21 that is similar to the tray-holder 8, has the hinged end strip 14 replaced by a slotted end 22 which permits a tray 23 similar 'to'the tray 17 to be inserted therein, such tray 23 being adapted to slide under a cross-bar 2& that is formed by slotting the end 22, and

the lower surface of such cross-bar 24 is provided with a peculiarly shaped spring clip 25 that is adapted to prevent the tray 23 from being accidentally displaced on or removed from the tray-holder 21, the clip 25, by its peculiar shape, being adapted to permit the tray easily to be inserted and to prevent such tray from being removed until such clip has been pressed upwardly against the lower surface of the cross-bar 24: as by pressure of ones finger.

Manifestly numerous changes may be made in the shape and form of the various parts of my invention without departing from the spirit of my invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

1 What I claim is:

1. A tray-holder for a high chair, comprising upwardly projecting grooved side "strips disposed on said trayholder, a dished of the chair, upstanding side and end walls carried by said tray-holder, a groove formed in the inner face of each of said walls and arranged to provide an endless recess one of said end walls being hingedly connected to said tray-holder, and a removable dishedtray having a peripheral flange to be received in said recess when said hinged end is lowered and-be retained in position by said end.

In witness whereof, I, hereinito subscribe my name this fourteenth day of March,

A. 1)., 1914. I v

ERNESTINE P. VAUGHN.

Witnesses:

A. HAsKINs, O. Joniison. 

